. ♪ o say can you see >> reporter: the full-throated rendition of the national anthem at the bruins game came as no surprise. ♪ over the ramparts >> reporter: bostonians have always worn their patriotism on their sleeve or on their chest. peter rinig prints t-shirts for a living. what's the importance of the t-shirt? >> to say who you are. >> reporter: this shirt bears a simple message in a city where today there are no degrees of separation. >> everybody in the city knows each other. i think that's what makes boston boston, you know? >> reporter: he knew crystal campbell, one of the three people killed in the attacks. some of the money from the t-shirts will go to her family who today met with president obama. >> your daughter crystal was always smiling. ♪ >> reporter: at the interfaith service, mayor thomas menino, recovering from a broken leg, personified his city as he stood to speak -- wounded but determined. >> because this is boston. a city with courage, compassion, strength that knows no bounds. >> reporter: you could see its strength in the arms that reached out to rescue an